Hi all - thought I'd stop in for a quick check-in. I promised to have a new post up this week, but a few wrenches have been thrown our way and time has been precious. I've checked in on a few of you (I can't stay away) and my thoughts & prayers have been with those I know are having problems.I ran into this little guy this morning on the way to work (not literally). I stopped to get a sausage biscuit at our local McDonald's (the slowest one in the state of Texas) and this booger was strolling around in the parking lot. Now mind you, this is quite a busy street in our little town, and it was totally out of character for a wild animal to be at this particular location.
I say "strolling"... he was actually wandering around in circles, head down, confused, staggering, falling down, getting back up. RABIES, I imagine. There were several people standing around outside keeping a watchful eye and someone was going to call the Animal Control folks to come get him. I had to go on to work.
Poor little guy. If he DIDN'T have rabies, then there was certainly something else wrong with him. My son Josh was in the car with me, and there were people waiting in line after me. But whoa, a PHOTO OP! Who's gonna pass up a good photo op for blog fodder! I keep my camera in the car alot (now that it's not 103 degrees), so I whooped out my camera like a six-gun and snapped off a couple of photos before gittin my breakfast. (maybe that's why our McDonalds is the slowest one in the state of Texas??? Maybe there are other people who also like to take pictures at McDonalds???) Anyway, I felt sorry for the raccoon - I'm sure he was about to meet his demise either way - if Animal Control didn't get him purty quick, he was sure to get creamed out on the highway and be roadkill for some buzzard's supper!
Which brings to mind a story - my nanny had a couple of pet 'coons when she was a kid. She said they were lots of fun and would come and dig food out of her pockets (or anybody else's) and look for food in her hair and behind her ears - she said it tickled. Until the male reached puberty - then he got mean, and she had to take him to the woods to let him go.
End of story - wasn't that interesting??
'Nuff said - I'll be back later hope
fully - we had a great 50th Party for my sis. More to come....
fully - we had a great 50th Party for my sis. More to come....THE END.
8 comments:
This is getting to be a common site in our town too. Not rabies, just babies born and raised in communities without fear of humans. Coons are about as common as cats around here. In fact that may be why we don't have many cats!
Good trade!
Deb
haha - I take it you're not a cat person! Especially not with Mr. Beauregard around! I like inside cats okay that are clean. But we have lots of outside cats around us. One of 'em keeps getting in our boat under the cover and pooping in the boat - makes me so mad!
There was definitely something wrong with this raccoon. I hope Animal Control got to him before anyone else did!
I guess rabies as well. There have been several animals found with it around here. Very unusual site for daylight hours.
TFS
Margo
Poor critters - and here in Texas rabies is definitely first thing that comes to mind. I don't like squirrels for that very reason - more rabies carriers. But I totally relate to "photo op" - right now I'm in a bad lull blog wise - too much going on. Glad the birthday went off well and always good to "hear" from you!
Whipped out my camera like a six-gun!!LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's getting to where it is embarrassing for my family. I whip mine out to take pictures of food at restaraunts....pictures of a corner of a table....any place public....and I have the entire blog written in my mind. I'm getting pathetic.
Lisa dear, you hafta say "whooped" that camera out. It makes the camera come out of its holster faster! hahaha!
It was a good photo op!
They are cute, but they also love to eat chicken. Live, unfried chickens!
Have a great weekend.
Pam
We have had a rabid coon come into our yard when we were in PA. Guess what the game commission told us?? (let me first say that when we had bears in our beeyards we were not allowed to hurt them, no, call the game com. to trap them out, while they destoyed the hives) As for the coon, THAT was OUR problem!! Funny isn't it, the way things are so backwards?
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